BRITISH POLITICS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10629, 5 December 1910, Page 4

BRITISH POLITICS.

"By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(Per Press Association.)

THE CAMPAIGN. Received -December. 4, at 5.5 p.m. •j'Vr- -- "■' " London, December 3. ■- ; Mr "Churchill, .who" had- spoken at Cheshire earlier,-, took.a.special train to Grimsby, and, spoke'till midnight. Relays of .motors carted.fragments of Mr Balfour's speech- to enable Mr Churchill to reply. He said if, the House of Lordß'-reforms were supported they would create a new heaven and a now earth and very likely a hew something else also. They would be thoroughly impartial and thoroughly Tory- - . The American Irish League sends £2OOO sterling to aid the Nationalists' fight in Britain. Subscriptions are arriving from everywhere in the United States. . -

-Mr Austen Chamberlain, at Darlington, declared that if a "Unionist Government was in power it would frame tariff reform. - If the electors disliked it, and said "No," it would be the signal for his retirement from the Government.

Mr Balfour addressed 10,000 people at Grimsby on behalf of Sir George ■Doughty. He said men of moderate opinions were coming over to the Conservatives. If the Liberal proposals were carried the time was coming when the House of Commons as a place for free debate would be gone for ever. ■The.: Government meant to have one chamber working under the gag. The -actions of the House of Commons under ■Jie group system might not in the least represent the people's settled will. Received December 4, at 5.5 p.m. London, December 3. The following have also been elected unopposed:— OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Sir W. 11. Anson (U.). Lord Hugh Cecil (U.). Previous cfection: Sir W. R. Anson il.) and Lord Hugh Cecil (U.). unopposed. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Sir K. Carson (U.). J. I"[."Campbell (U.). Previous election : Sir Edward Carson ,'U.) and James H. Campbell (U.) unipposed. SOMERSETSHIRE (WELLINGTON). Sir A. F. Acland Hood (U.). Previous election: Sir A. F. Acland Hood (U.), 5216; W. King (L.), 4150. f SURREY (WIMBLEDON). • Henry Chaplin (U.). Previous election:' H. Chaplin (U.), 1-1,1-15; A. L. Holland (L.), 8930. NORTHUMBERLAND (WANSBECK). C. Fenwick (L.). Previous election: C. Fenwick (L.-), 10,872; C. Perry (U.), 4650. Received December 5, at 0.30 a.m. London, December 3. The following have been elected unopposed : YORKSHIRE (BARNSLEY). Joseph Walton (L.). Previous election: Joseph Walton (L.), 12,52.3; A. W. Groser (fJ.), 5053. WATER FORD. John Redmond (N.). i'revious election : .I.E. Redmond S.). unopposed. KiJNT (ST. AUGUSTINE). Right lion. A. Akors-Douglas (U.). Previous election : A. Alccrs-Douglas (U.l, !.)5(K!; Lang (L.), 4111. 'the following arc. the results of contested elections:—

WEST HAM (NORTH). Masterman (L.) 6657 Wild (U.) 5760 Previous elecLion: C. F. G. Masterman (L.), 7()2;i; E. Gray (1T.)r6133. AVEST NEWINGTON. . ' Captain Norton (L.) ... 4038 ,W. Brookes (U.) ... 2498 Previous election: Cxrptain C. Norton CL."), 4350; Warwick Brookes (U.), 3938. NORTH. CAMBERWELL. Dr Macnamara (L.) ... 5038 . Goldsm.id (U.) 4056 Previous election: Dr Macnamara (L.). 5593; S. Hoffnung-Goldsmid (U.), 4511'. READING. Sir R. Isaacs ( L.) ... 5094 • .Wilson (U.) 4995 Pre\ ions election : Rufus Isaacs, K.C. (L.), 526-1; Major A. L. Ronton (U.), 5057. Sir Rufus Isaacs, K.C, was reelected unopposed on March 15 on accepting office as Solicitor-General. MAN OH EST ER (NORTH-WEST). Sir G. Kemp (L.) ... 5559 A. Bonar Law (U.) ... 5114

Previous'election : Sir G. Kemp (L.), 5930; W. Joynson-Hicks (U.), 5147. BRISTOL (NORTH). Rt. Hon. A. Birrell (L.) 6410 Magnus (U.) 5024 Previous election: A. Birrell (L.), 6505; M. Woods (U.), 5459. BRISTOL (EAST). Hobhouse (L.) ... ... 7229 Hannan (U.) '.-. 4263 Previous election: C. E. Hobhouse (L.), 6804; T. H. Batten (U.), 4033; P. Sheppard (Lab.), 2255. KING'S LYNN. Ingleby(U.) ... ... 1765 Bowies (intl. Freetrader) 1665 Previous election: 'J'. Gibson-Bowles (L.) 1900; Hon. E. Cadogan (U.), 1638. GREAT GRIMSBY. Sir G. Doughty (U.) ... 7903 , - Wing (L.) ... .:. 7205 Previons election: T. H. Wing (L.), ■7772; Sir G. Doughty (U.), 7450. SALFORD (SOUTH). Barlow (U.) 3666 ■ Russell (L.) 3439 Previous election : Hilaire Belloc (L.), 3962; C. A. M. Barlow (U.), 3636. - WARRINGTON. Harold Smith (U.) ... 5162 Grosfield (L.) 4916 Previous election: A. H. Crosiield (L.), 5256; R. Pierpont (U.), 5103. WIGAN. Neville (U.) 4673 Twist (Lab.) 4110 Previous election: H. Twist (Lab.), -1S03; R. J. N. Neville (U.), 4293. ASHTON- UNDER -LYNE. Ait ken (U.) 4044 Scott (L.) 3842 Previous election: A. 11. Scott (L.), 4039; 11. Whiteley (.IJ.), 3746; W. Gee I (Soc.), 413. DARLINGTON. . Herbert Pike Pease (U.) 4881 , Maddison (L.) 4775' Previous election: J. T. Lincoln (L.), 4815; n. P. Pease (U.), 4786. CAMBERWELL (PECKHAM). Richardson (L.) 5027 Gooch (U.) 4980 Previous election: Fl. C. Goccb (U.), 5330; A. Richardson (L.), 5247. ROCHESTER. Lamb (L.) 2609 Ridley (U.) 2456 Previous " election : S. Fordo Ridley (U.), 2675; Ernest IT. Lamb (L.), 2513. MANCHESTER (SOUTH-WEST). Needham (L.) 3590 Colefax (U.) .:. ... 3331 Previous ■ election : , H. A. Colefax (U.), 3111 ; C. T. Needham (L.),', 3004; i J. It. M'Lachlan (Lab.), 1218. Received December 5, at 1.10 a.m. London, December 4. The following additional result is.announced :

EXETER. H. St. Maur (L) ... 5786 11. Duke (U,)- 4782 Previous election: H. E. Duke (U. - ), -!902; H. St. Maur (L.), 4876.

A STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN Received December 5, at 8.5 a.m.

■ London, December 4. Mr .Asquith,- in a message to the London electors, has asked them to give all England a, lead.- . He adds: "The vital.principle'.of representative' Government is-at stake. Establish it to-day beyond all possibility of future assault.",

,A LIBERAL CALAMITY. London', December 4. Mr Lloyd-George is suffering from a cold'and lias lost his voice.

POLITICS RUN MAD. " London, December 4. The 'appearance of Mr Winston Churchill at Lincoln was a signal for -a pandemonium among the crowd. Mr was twice refused a hearing. There wero several ugly rushes and free fights before he departed. The Unionist candidate" (Sir Robert Pilmer) was struck in the face and he returned the ."blow.

The representation of the city remains unchanged.

LORD ROSIOBERY'S VIEWS. Received December 5, at 8.50 a.m. London, December 4. Lord Rosebery, addressing- an enthu-; siastic audience of 4000 at Edinburgh," said that parties, seemed to have changed their platforms, as the Unionists were wise and moderate. While the Liberals were resorting to singlechamber government, the Conservatives had come round to his views on the hereditary question, and a man who never changed his opinions was an ass. The Lords question' might have been settled but for the Government's maintaining its hereditary and irresponsible character to suit itself. What jot or -tittle of reform had the. House of Lords received from the Liberals. It was mere cant for them to denounce what the Government alone was keeping- in existence. . Whatever was the result of i this election it could "not settle the constitutional questions.

THE VOICE OF THE CHARMER. • - ■'- London, November 4. •Mr Austen Chamberlain at Newcastle said the Unionists proposed that in the matter of pure finance the Commons should have, besides the last, the only word.

TRICKY POPULAR SOLICITUDE. * - London, November 4. Lord Loreburn, in a letter, contends that the referendum implies that a direct question- shall be put to the electors over the heads-of the . representatives. It will be possible to secure assent to the general principle underlying any such question, while the electors may differ altogether on details.

A VIGOROUS EXPOSITION. • London, December 4. Mr Asquith, addressing a meeting of 5000 at Newcastle, said it was strange how the Unionists suddenly shifted their ground and changed the cut of their uniform.- The Liberals stood where they did in January for free trade and a free House of Commons. It was difficult to keep pace with their opponents' bewildering series of twists, gyrations, and somersaults. The Tories had discovered that it was unsafe to fight the election on tariff reform and the House of Lords, hence, they wore disguising the one and side-tracking the other. The referendum was meant to prevent the Liberals, when in a majority, from carrying, any great scheme of legislation 'without a ffesh reference to the people. That was a parody and caricature of democracy. The Tariffites had already waited seven years, Hke Jacob, and were likely to wait another seven. A "Voice: They will never get Rachel! Mr Asquith rejoined: Rachel will be ho longer in the first flush of youth when they get her. Meanwhile the notion that the people required special protection against their chosen representatives was the most fanatical even conceived. ! DR CLIFFORD'S RADICAL PARTY London, December "4. The Liberal and Radical Association at Bow have urged members to support Mr Lansbury. MISAPPLIED INDIGNATION. London, December 4. Lord Ampthill, at Finsbury, referring to the offer of the American music hall proprietors to Mr Lloyd-George,—said there was a time when such an insult to a Minister of the Crown would have beeii regarded as a national insult.